Publications

Working Papers

– “The Role of Institutional Investors in Voting: Evidence from the Securities Lending Market”, with Reena Aggarwal and Pedro A. C. Saffi

– “Cash Stockpiles and Investment: Do Cash-Rich Firms use Cash in Acquisitions?”, with Lee Pinkowitz and Rohan Williamson

– “Equity Lending Markets and Ownership Structure”, with Pedro SaffiThis paper was awarded the CNMV (the Spanish Securities Markets Commission) Prize for the Best Paper in Regulation presented at the Spanish Finance Association Foro de Finanzas, 2010.

– “Multinational firms, internal capital markets, and the value of global diversification”
University of Amsterdam, IESE, Stockholm School of Economics, University of Michigan Ross School of Business, Federal Reserve Board, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, ESSEC, University of Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Toronto Rotman School of Management, Warwick Business School, Bocconi, Instituto de Empresa, Cass Business School, London Business School, London Business School Seminar Series, Tanaka Business School.

Honors, Grants & Awards

– CNMV (the Spanish Securities Markets Commission) Prize for the Best Paper in Regulation presented at the Spanish Finance Association Foro de Finanzas, 2010, for “Equity Lending Markets and Ownership Structure”
– McDonough School of Business Capital Markets Research Center Grant, 2008-2009
– AFA Student Travel Grant for the 2007 AFA Conference in Chicago, IL., 2007
– Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Postgraduate Studentship. London Business School PhD Programme Award from 2003 to 2007
– Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Postgraduate Studentship, 1997

Teaching

Business Financial Management (Corporate Finance and Valuation), Georgetown University McDonough School of Business